{"id":552,"date":"2011-04-29T02:08:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T02:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/04\/milspouse-friday-fill-in-39.html"},"modified":"2011-04-29T02:08:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T02:08:00","slug":"milspouse-friday-fill-in-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/04\/milspouse-friday-fill-in-39.html","title":{"rendered":"MilSpouse Friday Fill-In #39"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week’s Friday Fill-In!  Enjoy!<\/p>\n

1. Have you and your spouse agreed to live in separate locations (a geographical bachelor tour) knowing that the short-term inconvenience would have long-term benefits for your family? How did it work for you? submitted by When Good People Get Together<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

The answer is “almost”.  When I was still on active duty, we were prepared to do separate tours when Dave received orders to Barksdale AFB while I was stationed at Fort Polk (1996).  Then we took orders to Korea, with Dave being assigned to Osan AB while I’d be assigned to Yongsan Garrison in Seoul (1998).  In both cases, we were able to work out things so we could be assigned together.  We always told the USAF we were willing to go ANYWHERE together.  They were good about it to the best of their ability.<\/p>\n

2. What is your favorite thing about being a MilSpouse? submitted by Sarah Ruth Today<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

I’m very very proud of my husband’s great work for our country.  I love that he is part of defending our great country!  I love that we can try to instill patriotic values in our sons…hopefully they will value what makes the U.S. an amazing thing!<\/p>\n

3. If you could still have your spouse\/significant other and your family, but take the military life out of it\u2026would you?  submitted by Trust. Love. Believe. Bake.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Not only am I a MilSpouse, but also a Navy Brat!  I have had the military in my life as long as I can remember.  I was probably furthest departed from it my freshman year in college (however I was still a dependent daughter).  I decided to join AFROTC at the end of my freshman year.<\/p>\n

4. What have your homecoming experiences been like after a year long tour of separation? submitted by Army Soldier, Army Wife<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

We have never been separated for that long…we’ve experienced plenty of 4 month separations, though.  We’ve learned from experience that taking it easy is always best…minimal travel, minimal visitors until a couple weeks after we get home.<\/p>\n

5. If you have a child(ren) why you chose their name(s)? If not, why you would name your child something?  submitted by Tiara\u2019s & ACU\u2019s<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Our sons are named after other men in our extended families.  Our oldest is named after my husband’s paternal grandfather, while our youngest is named after my father.  There were many great men in our families and choosing names for our sons was almost too easy.  We had a more difficult time choosing a girl’s name…so maybe it’s good we didn’t have to stress over that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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